7-12 “Therefore this is what God, the Master, says: ‘The corpses that you’ve piled in the streets are the meat and this city is the soup pot, and you’re not even in the pot!

4-5 “Next lie on your left side and place the sin of the family of Israel on yourself.

The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. But she rebelled against my laws and ordinances, rebelled far worse than the nations ranged around her—sheer wickedness!—refused my guidance, ignored my directions. When the days of the siege are over, take one-third of the hair and burn it inside the city.
Ezekiel is commissioned to be “a watchman” (like a sentry on guard duty), especially to rebellious Israel. I set her at the center of the world, all the nations ranged around her. “This is what GOD, the Master, says: This means Jerusalem. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet, leading me through water that was knee-deep. 24 1-5 The Message of God came to me in the ninth year, the tenth month, and the tenth day of the month: “Son of man, write down this date. The number of days you bear their sin will match the number of years of their sin, namely, 390. The Message Ezekiel 5 A Jealous God, Not to Be Trifled With 1 1-2 “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a straight razor, shaving your head and your beard. 5 1-2 “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a straight razor, shaving your head and your beard. 3-5 He walked to the east with a measuring tape and measured off fifteen hundred feet, leading me through water that was ankle-deep. I’m bringing war against you.

But she rebelled against my laws and ordinances, rebelled far worse than the nations ranged around her—sheer wickedness!—refused my guidance, ignored my directions. You fear war, but war is what you’re going to get. 5 1-2 “Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a straight razor, shaving your head and your beard. God told Ezekiel that the House of Israel would not hearken to Him (Ezekiel 2:5, 7, 3:7, 11) but the message had to be delivered to them. I set her at the center of the world, all the nations ranged around her. 2-3 (It was the fifth day of the month in the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin that God ’s Word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, on the banks of the Kebar River in the country of Babylon.
1. 1. one-third burned at the center of the city (i.e., the model of Jerusalem of chapter 4) when Jerusalem falls, v. 2 “And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber’s razor, and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair. Ezekiel 5 – The Sword of God’s Judgment A. God told Ezekiel that the House of Israel would not hearken to Him (Ezekiel 2:5, 7, 3:7, 11) but the message had to be delivered to them. Ezekiel 5:12; 6:12. Then, using a set of balancing scales, divide the hair into thirds. You will bear their sin for as many days as you lie on your side.